Effects of the civil war in central Mozambique and evaluation of the intervention of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
In October 1994, a retrospective study of mortality of children was conducted in Maringué, a district of central Mozambique. Estimates based on maternity histories of 1503 women aged 15-60 years revealed complex changes in the under-5 death rate. During the colonial period (1955-1974), mortality declined from 373 to 270 per 1000. During the civil war period (1975-1991), mortality increased rapidly to reach a peak of 473 per 1000 in 1986. It declined again thereafter and reached a plateau of 380 in 1991. A health intervention conducted by the International Red Cross Committee since 1992 further reduced mortality to 269 per 1000 in 1994. Most of the 1992-1994 decline was attributable to vaccinations, in particular measles and tetanus immunizations, and to Vitamin A supplementation.
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Centre Français sur la Population et le Développement (CEPED), Paris, France. garenne@ceped.ined.fr
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009073:Mozambique / Q000453:epidemiology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012011:Red Cross / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014857:Warfare